SATURDAY 25th February, 2023
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Defence diplomacy paramount in Guyana’s foreign policy –– President Ali says
PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali has said that the government is working on promoting defence diplomacy as a key feature in Guyana’s foreign policy. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, who addressed newly promoted ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), at State House on Friday, said that as Guyana
continues to progress, new strategies will be pursued. He called defence diplomacy one of the “most critical links between our foreign policy, our defence mechanism and our development strategy.” “We are now going to embark on having defence diplomacy as a key feature of our for-
eign policy and a key feature of our national architecture,” Dr. Ali said. Another important strategy the government is pursuing in its development agenda is to prepare members of the GDF for continued contribution to the development of the country. He posited that it is the training and
experience of the GDF that will be converted into an “additional knowledge set” to position the force to produce men and women to be a part of the country’s defence diplomacy.
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